Guild Wars 2

hazenvirus.8154:

I would prefer to see the return of human female idle animation and the human female run animation as opposed to seeing more living story.

Not me. Idle character animations to me are rather trivial. I’d rather see more living story content soon after HoT. I don’t sit around staring at my character on idle for hours or even minutes, but I do enjoy playing many hours of actual game content. If they work in the change without sacrificing progress toward more significant game updates then I have no problem with that.

JustTrogdor.7892:

hazenvirus.8154:

I would prefer to see the return of human female idle animation and the human female run animation as opposed to seeing more living story.

Not me. Idle character animations to me are rather trivial. I’d rather see more living story content soon after HoT. I don’t sit around staring at my character on idle for hours or even minutes, but I do enjoy playing many hours of actual game content. If they work in the change without sacrificing progress toward more significant game updates then I have no problem with that.

Content does not equal animation. Granted, animation makes content a heck of a lot more enjoyable, but once the animators are done doing their job on content-related projects, they should be able to find time to adjust some idle animations.

However, anet’s track record for getting around to fixing things like this is really bad. An animator with free time can’t just go into the assets and make changes on a whim. He/she has to have permission, and it can’t interfere with other ongoing projects.

Xenon.4537:

JustTrogdor.7892:

hazenvirus.8154:

I would prefer to see the return of human female idle animation and the human female run animation as opposed to seeing more living story.

Not me. Idle character animations to me are rather trivial. I’d rather see more living story content soon after HoT. I don’t sit around staring at my character on idle for hours or even minutes, but I do enjoy playing many hours of actual game content. If they work in the change without sacrificing progress toward more significant game updates then I have no problem with that.

Content does not equal animation. Granted, animation makes content a heck of a lot more enjoyable, but once the animators are done doing their job on content-related projects, they should be able to find time to adjust some idle animations.

Exactly, just as a lot of people can play games like Skyrim without ever finishing/touching the main quest. Details do matter. Heck, when first person zoom was added to GW2, I explored the map zoomed for weeks.

Xenon.4537:

JustTrogdor.7892:

hazenvirus.8154:

I would prefer to see the return of human female idle animation and the human female run animation as opposed to seeing more living story.

Not me. Idle character animations to me are rather trivial. I’d rather see more living story content soon after HoT. I don’t sit around staring at my character on idle for hours or even minutes, but I do enjoy playing many hours of actual game content. If they work in the change without sacrificing progress toward more significant game updates then I have no problem with that.

Content does not equal animation. Granted, animation makes content a heck of a lot more enjoyable, but once the animators are done doing their job on content-related projects, they should be able to find time to adjust some idle animations.

The person I responded to said they would rather have the animations back than more living story(content). I also even stated as long as it doesn’t interfere with content related projects I agree it should be a project.

Anyway as has been stated by Anet, the animations will come back when it is a priority. With HoT on the horizon I imagine it is very very low on the list.

JustTrogdor.7892:

Xenon.4537:

JustTrogdor.7892:

hazenvirus.8154:

I would prefer to see the return of human female idle animation and the human female run animation as opposed to seeing more living story.

Not me. Idle character animations to me are rather trivial. I’d rather see more living story content soon after HoT. I don’t sit around staring at my character on idle for hours or even minutes, but I do enjoy playing many hours of actual game content. If they work in the change without sacrificing progress toward more significant game updates then I have no problem with that.

Content does not equal animation. Granted, animation makes content a heck of a lot more enjoyable, but once the animators are done doing their job on content-related projects, they should be able to find time to adjust some idle animations.

The person I responded to said they would rather have the animations back than more living story(content). I also even stated as long as it doesn’t interfere with content related projects I agree it should be a project.

I apologize.

I let my pre-launch forum debate memories (read “trauma”) get ahead of me.

@JustTrogdor.7892

Ahh sorry I kinda jumped to page 3 and only saw your post.

@DarkWasp.7291

I was only trying to point out that different devs have different jobs. Animators are artists who could be responsible for designing characters, modeling them, rigging them, and animating them. That includes any biped, quadruped, spider, snake, elder dragon, space alien, or skritt. Nothing moves on it’s own. Animators bring everything to life. They might also be involved in special effects like air ships flying around shooting things, buildings exploding, doors exploding, skritt exploding, or anything like that.

All the stuff animators do has to be coordinated with game designers (the guys who actually plan and program dynamic events, boss fights, etc). So an animator can’t just go back and edit an animation without making sure it’s not going to negatively affect other parts of the game made by non-animators.

Now really… human idle animations probably have a very low impact on other game systems. They shouldn’t be much of a problem to edit. However we have no idea how Anet sets up their asset pipeline, and all of that stuff has to be strictly controlled. Otherwise bugs and insanity run rampant. If an animator went in and changed something on a whim, he/she could get fired. It’s up to management to decide if they want to assign an animator to fix it, and I’m betting management is having them focus on HoT animations exclusively right now.

Animations do have a big impact on the lifeblood of your character, Anet’s endgame content requires us to stand for long periods of time to set up for groups before then Queuing for PvP or doing a dungeon.

And seeing your character doing practically nothing for over 10 months is really difficult for immersion. I can’t say I relatively loved the feminine animations, but I’d rather have them than nothing that’s for sure.

(PS: Female Greatsword stance is terrible, but I don’t mind dealing with that)

Still no news…

The good old days

Is it that hard for them to re-input the animations?

Amineo.8951:

Is it that hard for them to re-input the animations?

No, it’s not. It’s not a bug issue, it’s a ideological one.

Neural.1824:

Amineo.8951:

Is it that hard for them to re-input the animations?

No, it’s not. It’s not a bug issue, it’s a ideological one.

This.

The stated ‘reason’ has proved to be false, as many have pointed to the myriad of other ‘immersion breaking’ actions in cut scenes that have been left in the game.

I think I’d have less an issue with the continued silence on this change if they hadn’t begun this by lying to us.

Mikal Dynath.6195:

Neural.1824:

Amineo.8951:

Is it that hard for them to re-input the animations?

No, it’s not. It’s not a bug issue, it’s a ideological one.

This.

The stated ‘reason’ has proved to be false, as many have pointed to the myriad of other ‘immersion breaking’ actions in cut scenes that have been left in the game.

I think I’d have less an issue with the continued silence on this change if they hadn’t begun this by lying to us.

Man as a returning player..all I see is complaints over a plethora of small to large problems and complete and utter silence from the dev team… Their lack of communication on anything and the large timeframes of all said issues are likely gonna drive me to not buy hot and just leave the game behind again, It doesn’t look like they can be counted on for anything, big or small.

Dev teams job isn’t to communicate to the plethora of complaints … when do you think they would find the time to correct issues if they did? Nothing issues deserve nothing responses.

But, but I think yawning during the story is a legitimate reaction.

Sorry to ask but really what happened to it? =/
talking about the topic that was being discussed about it =p

Thank you very much. =)
I suppose they don’t want to bother with putting it back then =/

Well, IMO they still should spare some manpower to acknowledge this area of the game. Basic character movement, weapon attacks, emotes and other similar animations really would improve with some polish and expansion.

I understand the resources are finite. But these are the details that make the whole feel alive in the first place.

If I recall, this “bug” magically showed up not long after someone complained about how they personally didn’t like the animations.

If the bug was deliberate, I’m glad. I wouldn’t mind more idle animations, but the stretch was so ridiculous and male gazey.

Hey, its O.K. for males to gaze.

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

Hey, its O.K. for males to gaze.

I don’t get the image.

I dont miss that odd stretchy idle. but i wish female norn had different idle animation from female human :s
/Sylvari MasterRaceIdle

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

I don’t get the image.

Think he was eyeing up her bum as a joke.

Batelle.1680:

If the bug was deliberate, I’m glad. I wouldn’t mind more idle animations, but the stretch was so ridiculous and male gazey.

This comment is terrible on so many levels.

Well, I myself liked all those human female animations, and believe me getting more options is usually good not a bad thing, I mean we are not asking for naked characters or something like that. =)

Heartpains.7312:

Well, I myself liked all those human female animations, and believe me getting more options is usually good not a bad thing, I mean we are not asking for naked characters or something like that. =)

I am! But not human females. Charr and males all the way.

Neural.1824:

If I recall, this “bug” magically showed up not long after someone complained about how they personally didn’t like the animations.

If that’s true then it’s very disappointing.

The “stretch” was lame because it “stretched” the textures around the armpit and it looked ugly. Not to mention the arm/head clipping issues… I’m actually glad it’s gone.

Mea.5491:

The “stretch” was lame because it “stretched” the textures around the armpit and it looked ugly. Not to mention the arm/head clipping issues… I’m actually glad it’s gone.

Unfortunately, that animation wasn’t the only one that was removed. Anet removed every single idle animation except the one where the character fiddles with her hair. Human females also used to have one animation where they kicked the ground in boredom, and there may have been more that I don’t remember.

As it is now, human females desperately need more idle animations, whether they are the old ones or completely new ones.

Suggestion: Implement a strip tease idle animation?

Zap Rowsdower.6305:

Suggestion: Implement a strip tease idle animation?

I’d rather have one for Sylvari, where they take their face or part of their arm off and check to make sure that all the parts are in place.

Finalfreefall.8247:

Zap Rowsdower.6305:

Suggestion: Implement a strip tease idle animation?

I’d rather have one for Sylvari, where they take their face or part of their arm off and check to make sure that all the parts are in place.

Or do what the numakians (spelling) from dbz do. Rip of their arm and grow a new 1 xD